Dalibor Topic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Nic Ferrier wrote: > >> For the same reason GNU don't call GCJ or Classpath >> "GNU-Java". Because if GNU called GCJ or Classpath "GNU-Java" then >> Sun's lawyers would have us over a barrell. > > I think the major reason is simply that it wouldn't be honest. > > Java is a marketing label that Sun puts on some of their technologies. > It was a brand name for Sun's GNU/Linux distribution last time I > checked. Neither gcj nor Classpath are GNU/Linux distros. So there is no > point in calling them that. :)
I'm fairly sure that this is not the major reason why GNU does not have a GNU-Java. I'm fairly sure that the major reason is the legal one. It is the position of the FSF. You can read about it on the GNU website, I forget where. -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
